athousandtales: “ - I just don’t understand what you see in her. I know she’s char
athousandtales:“ - I just don’t understand what you see in her. I know she’s charming. Fascinating and all of that. But she seems rather… - he hesitated - cruel.I nodded. - She is.He watched me expectantly, finally said. - What? No defense for her?- No. Cruel is a good word for her. But I think you are saying cruel and thinking something else. She is not wicked, or mean, or spiteful. She is cruel. (…) She is a wild thing, - I explained. - Like a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don’t say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of her. Do you know how much good it does you to chase a wild thing? None. All you can do is stay gently where you are, and hope in time that the will come to you.” [x] -- source link
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